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Fox News Tea Parties
Oliver Willis —
I mean… come on, lets quit pretending here.
Ignoring Fox News polling, Fox New’s Neil Cavuto claim ‘tea party’ protests are ‘a popular wave.’
Think Progress —
On his Fox News show today, Neil Cavuto joined the rest of Fox News in promoting the radical anti-Obama “tea party” protests, one of which he will be attending and broadcasting from next week. Arguing with radio show host Leslie Marshall, Cavuto claimed that the protests were “a popular wave” sweeping across the country. Watch it:
But Cavuto’s claim ignores a Fox News poll released last week, which found that only 36 percent of Americans said ...
Spontaneous Uprising? Corporate Lobbyists Helping To Orchestrate Radical Anti-Obama Tea Party Protests
Think Progress —
... Today on Fox News — which has actively been promoting the protests — Glenn Beck pushed the tea party talking points, similarly claiming that the protests aren’t “coordinated” and are fully organized by “regular” people. Watch it: ...
Spontaneous Uprising? Corporate Lobbyists Helping To Orchestrate Radical Anti-Obama Tea Party Protests
The Hollywood Liberal —
... in protest of government spending and extreme taxation,” rather than something affiliated with a political party or special interest agenda. Today on Fox News — which has actively been promoting the protests — Glenn Beck pushed the tea party talking points, similarly claiming that the protests aren’t “coordinated” and are fully organized by “regular” people. Watch it: Despite these attempts to make the “movement” appear organic, the principle organizers of the local events are actually the lobbyist-run think tanks Americans for Prosperity and Freedom Works. The two groups ...
VIDEO: Fox News Signs On To Tea Party Agenda, Aggressively Promoting Anti-Obama Protests
Think Progress —
Organizers of the radical anti-Obama “tea party” protests have been trying to claim that the events are rising up spontaneously. Many of these organizers, such as Eric Odom, are claiming that the tea parties are being held by “regular American[s] in protest of government spending and extreme taxation.”
However, as Media Matters recently documented, Fox News has been aggressively promoting the anti-tax protests:
Specifically, Fox News has in dozens of instances provided attendance and organizing information for future ...
The Big Tea(se)
The Mahablog —
... that the astroturf “tea parties” being organized and promoted mostly on Faux Nooz don’t seem to have a coherent purpose. They’re tea tantrums, not parties, he says. ...
Beck to attend $500 a plate fundraiser for ‘tea party’ protests.
Think Progress —
As ThinkProgress and others have pointed out, the Fox News Channel has staked out its position as the “voice of opposition” to the Obama administration by aggressively promoting the radical anti-Obama “tea party” protests set for April 15. Fox News hosts like Neil Cavuto claim that they are only broadcasting live from the events in order to “cover” them. But as Media Matters’ Karl Frisch pointed out in his column yesterday, Cavuto’s colleague, Glenn Beck, announced on his radio show this week that he is raising money ...
Fox, Cut the Crap With this Non-Partisan, Grassroots Tea Party Talk
News Hounds —
... , the grassroots is the bottom of the political pyramid, opposite the "establishment," which controls the top. It's a little hard to claim to be “grassroots” when you're in bed with heavily funded organizations like Americans for Prosperity and Freedom Works, associated with Newt Gingrich's organization, and when you've got Fox News, rumored to be the #1 cable news network, aggressively promoting for you. ...
Fox’s Megyn Kelly Falsely Claims That Only Two Members Of Congress Have Embraced Anti-Obama Tea Parties
Think Progress —
On Friday, Fox News.com — which has been aggressively advocating on behalf of radical anti-Obama “tea party” protests — reported that they could find “only two members of Congress — both Republicans — who have committed to attending the demonstrations on the day income taxes are due.” On Fox’s America’s Newsroom this morning, host Megyn Kelly pushed the report in an interview with one of the lawmakers, saying that “only two members of Congress have agreed to join in, in these events, one of them ...
Tina Dupuy: Hey, Tax Day Tea Parties -- your 'grassroots movement' can't have corporate media sponsorship
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... "Silent Majority No More", reads the front page of the Tax Day Tea Party website. Fox News hosts are attending the gatherings around the country. Silent? Majority? ...
Teabagger Parties - Remember The Seeing the Forest Rule
Seeing the Forest —
... and Media Matters writes about how these anti-Obama events are receiving exhaustive on-the-air promotion from FOX News, to the point of calling them "FNC Tea Parties." (So does ...
Fox News takes ownership of tea parties, and, therefore, their extremist rhetoric
The Hollywood Liberal —
... In light of the extremist rhetoric in evidence at previous tea party protests, by aggressively promoting what it has labeled “FNC Tax Day Tea Parties,” Fox News is also associating itself in advance with whatever violent, offensive, or otherwise extremist rhetoric emanates at those upcoming events. Several Fox News hosts will be broadcasting their shows from the protests and have encouraged viewers to attend them. For example, Glenn Beck ...
A Warning About The Tea Parties
Seeing the Forest —
... in August 2008 -- well before his commentary -- but not used until afterwards." The events have been widely promoted by corporate-funded conservative PR professionals who specialize in "astroturf." This is a term for the use of money to create an appearance of widespread "grassroots" support. Currently the corporate-funded conservative lobbying groups Freedomworks and Americans for Prosperity, are organizing the events and conservative media including talk radio and FOX News are widely promoting them. Support appears to be coming from Koch ...
Dave Johnson: A Warning About The Tea Parties
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... 2008 -- well before his commentary -- but not used until afterwards."
The events have been widely promoted by corporate-funded conservative PR professionals who specialize in "astroturf." This is a term for the use of money to create an appearance of widespread "grassroots" support. Currently the corporate-funded conservative lobbying groups Freedomworks and Americans for Prosperity, are organizing the events and conservative media including talk radio and FOX News are widely promoting them. Support appears to be coming from Koch ...
On the house: Fox aired 107 ads for its coverage of tea party protests over 10 days
The Hollywood Liberal —
... From April 6 to April 15, Fox News aired at least 107 commercial promotions for their coverage of the tea party protests that took place on April 15. As Media Matters for America has documented , Fox News aggressively promoted the events in recent weeks, encouraging viewers to get involved with tea party protests across the country. Indeed, Fox News ...
With A Whimper And A Whine
Daily Kos —
... the network of radio, TV, and blogs create a right-wing noise machine, which, in the past, has proven astonishingly successful at creating scandal out of the benign or making fiction seem like fact (i.e., Obama is a Muslim, or he's unpatriotic because he didn't wear a flagpin). The April 15th "tea protests" revealed more about this right-wing noise machine than they did about some purported coast-to-coast anti-liberal revolution. As Media Matters has extensively documented, Fox "News," the most popular cable news network in America, ...
The Town Hall Disruptions Were A Corporate Strategy
Seeing the Forest —
... to trick people into supporting more cut taxes for the rich.
. . . The events have been widely promoted by corporate-funded conservative PR professionals who specialize in "astroturf." This is a term for the use of money to create an appearance of widespread "grassroots" support. Currently the corporate-funded conservative lobbying groups Freedomworks and Americans for Prosperity, are organizing the events and conservative media including talk radio and FOX News are widely promoting them. Support appears to be coming from Koch ...
